Golden Horned Beast's Transformation

Third floor of the palace. Luo Feng, clad in his deacon's bronze battle armor, swiftly exited the training room and soon emerged from the palace's main entrance. “To the Giant Pit Mansion!” Luo Feng looked up at the sky, where a crimson aura permeated the air, then shot straight up. Whoosh! The giant pit was incredibly deep, and Luo Feng continuously flew upwards. “Ninety-Seven.” “Ninety-Seven.” Two voices echoed in Luo Feng's mind, making him stop and hover in mid-air. Besides Ba Qi and the Beast Qi Niu within the palace, only the two captains of the Blood God Guard could detect him without his knowledge. Luo Feng looked around, suspended in the air, and respectfully said, “Captain, Vice-Captain.” “Ninety-Seven, where do you plan to cultivate?” A deep voice resonated in the space around Luo Feng. “Captains, for the past two years, I've been cultivating in a cave dwelling up against the mountain wall,” Luo Feng explained. “So, I plan to continue cultivating there.” “Ninety-Seven, this altitude zone is my and A Er's surveillance area,” the voice continued. “It's safer for you to cultivate below this area! Of course... the Lord has commanded that no one is allowed to leave beyond 100,000 kilometers. You can go to your cave dwelling, but we won't be able to monitor or protect your safety there.” Both captains of the Blood God Guard were Realm Lords. They both released their World Power to scan their surroundings, maintaining their vigilance even while cultivating, but their detection range was limited. “Should there be any danger, I will immediately descend,” Luo Feng said respectfully. “Very well, if you insist, then go.” “Yes.” Luo Feng bowed respectfully and instantly shot upwards. ... Deep within the giant pit, on a protruding platform along the mountain wall, a tall, bronze-clad figure sat cross-legged and transmitted a message: “Ninety-Seven's talent is indeed exceptional, and the Lord values him. However... the most crucial quality for a Blood God Guard is loyalty! A Er, from my perspective, Ninety-Seven hasn't fully submitted to the Lord.” “A Yi!” A voice came from a protruding platform nearly ten thousand kilometers away on the other side of the giant pit: “Genii are always full of confidence; it's not easy to make them fully submit. He only submitted under the Lord's compulsion... Let's observe him for now. The time the Lord spends cultivating here is also a time to observe him. If he shows any other intentions, it won't be too late to eliminate him!” “Indeed, you're right. We'll eliminate him once we have irrefutable evidence.” The two Realm Lords, separated by ten thousand kilometers, made their decision via telepathy. ... Although the Blood God Guard treated Luo Feng reasonably well, they were the most vital protectors of the 'Blood God Ba Qi.' Loyalty and strength were both indispensable! Luo Feng clearly hadn't yet earned the true recognition of the Blood God Guard, especially the two Realm Lords... who possessed special privileges. The privilege to supervise and punish other Blood God Guards. ... Within the Giant Pit Mansion, inside the Ancient God Ruins' giant pit. A streak of azure light darted into the cave entrance, then solidified into a figure—Luo Feng, clad in his bronze battle armor. He sat on a stone chair, a look of excitement on his face. “This communication wristband is also monitoring me,” Luo Feng muttered, looking down at his wristband. “Exceeding 100,000 kilometers, or removing the wristband, would attract the Blood God's attention. However... since there's no danger and there are benefits, I don't need to leave. I'll just dutifully serve as a Blood God Guard for now.” Luo Feng smiled faintly, then flipped his hand. A spatial ring and a black stone suddenly appeared in his palm. The black stone was a transformation of his Demon Killer clone, and the spatial ring contained 15 Xueluo Crystals! He had obtained 14 Xueluo Crystals from Yangang City, 1 from killing an Immortal Temple genius, and the Beast Qi Niu had previously bestowed 2 Xueluo Crystals. His Earthling original body had already fused with 2... leaving 15 Xueluo Crystals. “Let's begin!” Luo Feng murmured to himself. Whoosh! The black stone touched the spatial ring, instantly vanishing from his palm and entering his Inner World. ... Inside the Inner World. Deep in the sky, endless golden mist enveloped the vast continent, which was entirely golden, save for a continuous mountain range that was black, stretching for dozens of kilometers. Whoosh! The black stone appeared beside this 'continuous black mountain range,' then transformed into Black-Clad Luo Feng. In Black-Clad Luo Feng's palm was a ring... precisely the one storing the 15 Xueluo Crystals. Currently, within the 'Inner World,' only items carried by Luo Feng's three main bodies would not be dissolved. All other living and non-living things would be dissolved! Whether it was devouring life forms or various substances, everything would be dissolved. If the dissolution was excessive and couldn't be digested, it would cause the 'Inner World' to burst! “Fifteen Xueluo Crystals, such wondrous Xueluo Crystals. Unfortunately, only flesh-and-blood life forms can fuse with them,” Demon Killer Luo Feng said, looking at the spatial ring in his hand. “My Demon Killer clone can't fuse with them.” Rumble! The continuous black mountain range beside him suddenly moved, rising entirely. This was a creature whose main body alone stretched for 60 kilometers. Its four hooves... the thickest part of each leg was six kilometers in diameter, and even the slenderest part of the hoof was three to four kilometers thick, truly like four celestial pillars! Each hoof was far taller than the Himalayan Mountains! Its cold, dark golden eyes, each comparable to a large lake, stared downwards like two dark golden suns. “Truly terrifying.” “Even I find the Golden Horned Beast terrifying just by looking at it,” Demon Killer Luo Feng muttered, gazing up at the Golden Horned Beast. “The universe contains countless forms of life, each branching into innumerable races. Among all life forms, the Golden Horned Beast ranks at the absolute pinnacle.” “Its sheer size alone, containing terrifying power and pure brute strength, allows it to kill human warriors two or three tiers above its own.” “Plus its innate secret techniques!” “And now it's cultivating 'Original Body Heaven and Earth.' Even my Demon Killer clone would only be able to flee if it encountered the Golden Horned Beast,” Demon Killer Luo Feng muttered. Compared to the Golden Horned Beast, the Demon Killer might excel at assassination, but in a direct confrontation... it would fall far short. The Golden Horned Beast's naturally formidable physique and innate secret techniques made it incredibly fierce! “Roar!” The towering Golden Horned Beast, like a black mountain range, raised its head and let out a low roar that shook heaven and earth. Then, it extended its right hoof, and Demon Killer Luo Feng placed a Xueluo Crystal on it. The Golden Horned Beast's eyes, like two suns, gazed down at the Xueluo Crystal on its hoof. Its hoof then swiftly extended sharp claws. With a grip, the claws, sharp as giant battle blades, sliced across the palm of its right hoof. Several black scales were immediately cut open, and trickles of blood seeped out. The Golden Horned Beast carefully manipulated the Xueluo Crystal with its telekinesis. The Xueluo Crystal gently moved onto the wound, which was over ten meters long. The Xueluo Crystal dropped directly into the wound, and an invisible power rapidly flowed into the Golden Horned Beast's body. “Boom!” “Kill!” “Kill!” A will of slaughter surged into its body. The Golden Horned Beast's will was Luo Feng's will, a will as solid as bedrock, as sharp as a battle blade. This trace of murderous intent couldn't shake it in the slightest. “Hiss, hiss~~” Threads of blood-red energy flowed from the Xueluo Crystal, rapidly rushing along the wound on its right hoof into the depths of the Golden Horned Beast's muscles and bones. Immediately, the right hoof began to undergo special changes; the scales and claws on the hoof were constantly mutating, and the internal muscles and bones were also transforming... Everything felt so familiar. In just a short while, it was all over. The fusion of the first Xueluo Crystal was successful! “What's going on?” “How could this be?” His telekinesis meticulously scanned every part of the Golden Horned Beast clone, utterly shocked. “Why... why did only the right hoof change?” The Golden Horned Beast also lowered its head, its dark golden eyes carefully examining its right hoof. It had just fused with a Xueluo Crystal, but unlike a human fusing with one... the wondrous power contained within that Xueluo Crystal only caused some special changes in the Golden Horned Beast's right hoof. As for the Golden Horned Beast's other body parts. Such as its torso, wings, other three hooves, tail, and head... none showed any change. “Damn, no way?” “Could it be...” Demon Killer Luo Feng, standing beside the Golden Horned Beast, looked at the towering, mountain-like creature, and his eyes suddenly lit up. “Could it be because its body is too massive?” “A bucket of water is enough for one person to bathe.” “But it takes the water of an entire lake for the Golden Horned Beast to bathe.” “I guess it's the same principle.” “The Golden Horned Beast's body is too enormous, with far too many bones, muscles, cells, and so on... To make all its bones, muscles, and skin undergo change, an immense amount of Xueluo Crystal power is required. Therefore—one Xueluo Crystal can only cover its right hoof. It doesn't even reach the elbow.” Luo Feng figured it out. ... Boom! The Golden Horned Beast swung its right hoof, activating the Xueluo power contained within it. Simple blood-red secret patterns appeared on the right hoof, and its control over the universe's origin power became clearer. “Pfft!” A claw strike in mid-air directly gouged a trench dozens of kilometers long into the ground. “It's indeed much easier.” “One claw strike, its power increased by about twenty to thirty percent.” “Since that's the case, if I fuse with other hooves or the tail next, they'll probably only increase by twenty to thirty percent as well. In that case... why not make the strong even stronger!” Luo Feng made an instant decision. “Yes, I'll continue fusing with the second one.” Make the strong stronger! Amplify the advantage! ... Black-Clad Luo Feng placed a Xueluo Crystal in the palm of the Golden Horned Beast's right hoof. The Golden Horned Beast's enormous dark golden eyes stared intently at its palm, then it once again used its sharp claws to cut through the scales on its palm. Hiss! The scales were cut, blood seeped out, and it once again touched the Xueluo Crystal. Everything was as Luo Feng expected. After the impact of the will of slaughter was resisted, the wondrous blood-red energy poured into the right hoof, directly initiating a deep-level transformation of the hoof's muscles, bones, and scales... The scope of this change was precisely the same as the area covered by the first Xueluo Crystal's energy. It only affected the right hoof, not even reaching the elbow. After all the changes concluded, the Golden Horned Beast once again activated the wondrous power contained within its right hoof, simultaneously swinging its right claw. “Hmm.” “The right hoof's power has increased by about fifty percent compared to before fusion. This is exactly the same as when a human fuses with a Xueluo Crystal. The only difference is... a human fusing with a Xueluo Crystal affects the entire body. But for the Golden Horned Beast, it only changed one right hoof.” “Continue!” “Fuse with the third one! Fusing with three is called a 'Blood Warrior,' and there should be some special changes.” Luo Feng anticipated.